"Age-Adjusted Death Rates for 10 Leading Causes, by Gender: United States, 2000"				
				
10 leading causes of death	Number of deaths	Age-adjusted death rate		
				
Total				
				
All causes	"2,403,351"	872.0		
Diseases of heart	"710,760"	257.9		
Malignant neoplasms	"553,091"	201.0		
Cerebrovascular diseases	"167,661"	60.8		
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	"122,009"	44.3		
Accidents 	"97,900"	35.5		
Diabetes mellitus	"69,301"	25.2		
Influenza and pneumonia 	"65,313"	23.7		
Alzheimer's disease	"49,558"	18		
Kidney disease	"37,251"	13.5		
Septicemia	"31,224"	11.4
		
Male		
		
All Causes	"1,177,578"	1042.5
Diseases of heart	"344,807"	315.0
Malignant neoplasms	"286,082"	247.4
Cerebrovascular diseases	"64,769"	61.1
Accidents 	"63,817"	50.0
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	"60,004"	54.9
Diabetes mellitus	"31,602"	27.6
Influenza and pneumonia 	"28,658"	28.1
Suicide	"23,618"	18.1
Kidney disease	"17,811"	16.6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	"17,214"	13.5
		
Female		
		
All Causes	" 1,225,773 "	739.1
Diseases of heart	" 365,953 "	213.0
Malignant neoplasms	" 267,009 "	169.6
Cerebrovascular diseases	" 102,892 "	59.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	" 62,005 "	37.9
Diabetes mellitus	" 37,699 "	23.3
Influenza and pneumonia 	" 36,655 "	20.9
Alzheimer's disease	" 35,120 "	19.5
Accidents 	" 34,083 "	22.3
Kidney disease	" 19,440 "	11.6
Septicemia	" 17,687 "	10.6
		
"Note: Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population (Year 2000).  "		
Causes of death are ranked based on the number of deaths in 2000.  		
"Therefore, the age adjusted death rates may not be in rank order."					
					
"Source: A.M. Minino et al.  ""Deaths: Final Data for 2000,"" National Vital Statistics Reports, 50, Number 15 (2002): Tables 12 and 16. "